On March 12, around 2:15 p.m. Hudson Fire Rescue was dispatched to a field fire in the 8800 block of Kimball in rural Waterloo. A few minutes later they were paged for a barn fire in the same area. This was then upgraded to a house fire at 8739 Kimball. Mutual aid was requested from Gilbertville Fire.

Last month the Pierre Dive Squad trained on retrievals in underwater structure with their masks “blacked out” to simulate zero visibility. Even though they can jump into the river, they are very thankful to have the YMCA’s support to practice these scenarios in a controlled (and warm) environment.